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American Airlines Begins Nonstop Flights from Washington Reagan to San Antonio

Until March 2, 2025, Washington Reagan had never offered nonstop flights to San Antonio due to Reagan's 1,250 statute mile perimeter rule. The introduction of beyond-perimeter slot allocations from the Federal Aviation Administration's reauthorization bill has now made these flights possible.

San Antonio is among the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. and hosts a significant concentration of military personnel. The capital connection to/from Reagan represents a substantial point-to-point market, even before accounting for potential traffic growth from nonstop service.

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The first-ever Reagan-San Antonio flight occurred on Sunday, March 2. According to Flightradar24, a 190-seat, ex-US Airways A321ceo operated the inaugural roundtrip. This high-capacity aircraft helps mitigate Reagan's capacity-

limitations.

The schedule is as follows (all times local):

- Reagan to San Antonio: AA1947, 19:45-22:49

- San Antonio to Reagan: AA1718, 06:35-10:37

Despite being the inaugural service, AA1947 departed Reagan at 21:35 with a delay of one hour and fifty minutes due to late arrival from Miami.

"It was a big unserved market," said data from the U.S. Department of Transportation indicating that approximately1340 passengers flew roundtrip between Reagan and San Antonio in the twelve months leading up to September . With no nonstop flights available previously everyone had tmakestopovers enroute."Reagan wassanantonioslargestunservedmarket MeanwhileTexas city was Reagans second largestunservedmarket afterSan Diego which getsnonstopflights later thismonth"

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